This is Rodneys time to shine, you think the Tigers care if a 38 year old closes. Its not like hes getten piad 55 mill over 5 years. If Rodney is lights out the next 2 weeks, he aint going no where. And Jones is 38 Who knows how hes gona heal.

Blakas wrote:No. It is the type of managing that believes you have to hold a lead in order to win a ball game.

If Jones comes back and shows himself to be reliable, it is a smarter move to let him close and let heir apparent Rodney shift to the set-up role.

Alternatively, you have spent $11M on a guy who may underperform because he is not given the opportunity to prove himself in a job he was hired to do.

It is not a question of stupidly putting an underqualified player in a role because he is being paid a lot of money. It is a question of giving a player a chance to do a job he was paid to do.

Also, players losing their job due to injury is never popular in the clubhouse.

You have to be joking, 11 mill is nothing for a MR now. ANd it wouldnt be hard ot trade him at all star break with the price for pitchers now. And plus hes 38 , you really think hes gona be closing next year???